Ceres 1 first flew in November 2020 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
The Ceres 1 design stands about 20 meters tall with a core diameter of 1.4 meters.
Galactic Energy describes the Ceres 1 launcher and operates the Ceres 1 family.
The latest Ceres 1 placed its payload into low Earth orbit about 850 kilometers above the planet.
The Ceres 1 family has flown 23 times with 21 missions declared successful.
Ceres 1 was the second privately developed Chinese orbital-class rocket to reach space successfully, following i Space’s SQX 1 vehicle.
Ceres 1 uses solid propellant as its primary energy source and lifts off with a mass of roughly 33 metric tons.
Galactic Energy has achieved twenty-one successful flights using the smaller Ceres-1 launch vehicle.
Ceres-2 is based on experiences and technologies derived from the smaller Ceres-1 launch vehicle.
Ceres-2’s failure occurred about two days after Galactic Energy’s Ceres-1 returned to flight following a failure in November 2025.
The Ceres-1 launch is taking place just off-shore from Rizhao.
The Ceres-1 launch vehicle series includes both Ceres-1 and Ceres-1S.
Galactic Energy's Ceres-1 launch is scheduled for January 15, 2026.
The payload capacity of the Ceres-1 launch vehicle is 420 kilograms to low Earth orbit and 300 kilograms to a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.
The Ceres-1 rocket successfully sent 4 Tianqi Constellation satellites into 850 km, 45° orbits.
A sea launch of Galactic Energy's Ceres-1 is set to occur on January 15 at approximately 20:05 UTC.
The Ceres-1 launch will take place off Rizhao harbor in Shandong.
The Ceres-1 solid rocket lifted off from a barge off the coast of Shandong province at 2010 UTC on January 15, 2026.
Ceres-1 vehicles have launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center and various sea-based launch platforms.
China's 2nd launch of the day was a Ceres-1 solid rocket.